Lofos, Elassona Explained

Lofos
Name Local:	Λόφος
Type:	community
Periph:	Thessaly
Periphunit:	Larissa
Municipality:	Elassona
Area:	23.674
Population As Of:	2021
Population:	200
Coordinates:	40.0167°N 33.1°W
Postal Code:	402 00
Area Code:	+30-2493
Licence:	PI
Elevation:	558

Lofos (el|Λόφος, pronounced as /el/) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality.^[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos.^[1] The community of Lofos covers an area of 23.674 km².^[2]

History

The settlement was recorded as a village with the name, in the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 101) of 1521.^[3] The village was known as (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Παζαρλάδες) until 1957, when it was renamed to .^[4] Until the exchange of populations in 1924 and the arrival of the refugees from Pontus, mainly from Erbaa and Niksar, the village was inhabited by local Muslims.^[5]

Administrative division

The community of Lofos consists of two settlements:

• Asprochoma
• Lofos

See also

• List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Book: Ünal . Uğur . Osmanlı Yer Adları I: Rumeli Eyaleti (1514–1550) . . Budak . Mustafa . Bayram . Sabahattin . Yıldıztaş . Mümin . 2013 . 978-975-19-6238-6 . Özkılınç . Ahmet . VII–VIII, 117 . tr . Coşkun . Ali . Sivridağ . Abdullah.
4. Web site: Πανδέκτης: Pazarlades -- Lofos . 2023-03-21 . pandektis.ekt.gr.
5. Web site: Λόφος (Παζαρλάδες).